Eiliko maker says it’s hiring an ‘independent security firm’ after Verge report on its insecure robots
Summary
The creator of the Eiliko robot is bringing in a third-party security company to investigate privacy issues. Recent reports revealed that hackers could easily access complete transcripts of conversations users had with the AI-powered toy.
The Eiliko robot toy. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge Eiliko, a cute robot charm you can hang on your bag with built-in AI conversations, turned out to be a security nightmare. It told owners that "your secrets are safe with me," but hackers could easily read complete transcripts of everything we told the toy, and that was…
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